Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City